THE TABLET.

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS UT IN INCCKPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS. .

F rom the B r i e f o f H is H o lin e ss P iu s I X . to• T h e T a b l e t , f u n e 4 , 18 70 .

V ol. 76. No. 2618. L o n d o n , J u l y 12, 1890.

P r ic e sd., by Post s ^ d .

[R eg is t e r ed a t th e G en e r a l Post Offic e a s a N ew spaper.

C hronicle of th e Week :

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Imperial Parliament : Irish Affairs —Miscellaneous Affairs — Mr. Caine and his Friends—The Breniien Torpedo—The Spanish Crisis —Crucifixion Proposed for Egypt —Mr. Goschen on Public Business —Infant Life Insurance^ — The Prihce of Wales in Paddington— Mr. Balfour on “ Shadowing”— A Park for South Lambeth — Death of Sir E . Chadwick—The Police Agitation : Wholesale Suspension — A Crisis — Postmen’s A g i t a t i o n ...................................... 45 L ead ers : _

“ Where no Priest

Dust ” . . .. Shovels in 49

CONTENTS.

L ead ers (Continued) : Work of the Anti-Slavery -Con­

Page ference . . . . . . • • 5° Protest by Resignation . . . . 51 N otes . . 52 R ev iew s :

Paper and Parchment .. . • 54 Memorials o f Edwin Hatch, D.D. 55 Continuity or Collapse ? . . . . 55 Notes from a South German Monas­

tery ................................ • - •• 55 A Paper on Baddesley Clinton . . 56 The Pilgrimage to Canterbury . . 57 “ I f You Disbelieved in God ’ . . 58 Royal University of Ireland . . 59 The Keys o f St. Peter . . . . 59

Correspondence :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre sjaondent) . . .. Paris: — (From Our Own Corre spondent) .. . <. . . . Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre spondent) . . ..

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L e t t e r s to th e E d itor :

The Catholic Truth Conference . . 65 Father Ryder and the Democracy 65 “ Miraculous Medals” for the

Maoris . . .. . . . . 66 Protestant Testimony . . . . 66 Christianity and the Masses . . 68 The Archbishop of Brisbane . . 70 The Secular Clergy New Common

F u n d ................................................. . 7 0

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Obitu a r y ............................ . . 70 A p pea l to th e C h a r it a b l e . . 70 Social and P o l it ic a l . . . . 70

SU PPLEM ENT. N ews from th e S chools :

Southwark Diocesan Education.. 77 Edmundian Association . . . . 66 Beaumont Union .. . . .. 66 About Education . . . . .. 67 N ew s from th e D ioceses :

Westminster.. . . . . . . 67 Southwark .. . . . . . 67 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 67 Newport and Menevia . . . . 68 Plymouth .. . . . . . . 68 Salford . . .. . . . . 68

’ Rejected M S . cannot t : returned unless accompanied w ith address and postage.

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

IMPERIAL . PARLIAMENT.— IRISH AFFAIRS. O ’ N Monday, in the House of Commons, after the preliminary business of questioning, the House resolved itself into Committee of Supply to consider the Irish Constabulary Vote to complete the sum of ,£1,439,490. Mr. John Ellis, in moving an Amendment to reduce the vote by ,£1,000, said that if the Royal Irish Constabulary were confined to the performance of the proper duties of pblice, and paid reasonably for their services, the country might be saved half a million a year. In 1845 the cost per head of the population was under two shillings; now it was six shillings. Coming to the officers, he said he found district inspectors receiving from £500 to ¿600 a year, salaries which appeared to him extraordinarily extravagant. Mr. Ellis then made a divagation in order to rebuke Lord Salisbury for “ some jocular remarks,” which he had made at the Academy banquet on Lady Butler’s picture “ Evicted,” where the constabulary were represented as doing the work of collecting unjust rents. Mr. Picton and Mr. Flynn also made speeches, in the same sense, with special reference to the practice of shadowing. Then Mr. A. J. Balfour replied. He said that he would confine himself to this topic of shadowing. It was a curious thing that that topic should have risen to such prominence, since it existed in times past, he believed, to a greater extent, than now. The invention of this as a new subject of agitation was due to Mr. Gladstone, who had made some short time since “ a very violent, very eloquent, and very spirited attack ” upon the action of the police in this matter, and he gave it as his opinion that that action was an indescribable abomination. If Mr. Gladstone had consulted some who sat near him he would have been saved from “ somewhat serious rhetorical misadventures.” He apparently thought that the Government had introduced some very startling novelties into the practice of shadowing. It should be remembered that Mr. Forster’s methods were every bit as drastic, nay, even more summary and effective, for he promptly clapped suspended persons into prison. And when these persons were freed they were warned that their movements would be closely followed by the police. Mr. Balfour then took up a specific case, in speaking about which he gradually succeeded in working the Irish members into considerable excitement. This was of a man, Grant, who Mr. Balfour had no doubt was guilty. “ Say that outside” came from the Home Rule benches. “ Was the policeman who followed in plain clothes ?” asked Mr. Gladstone a little weakly. For which Mr. Balfour referred him to Sir George Trevelyan. Nor was this an isolated matter. He had looked through the papers, and down to the word “ shadowing ” they would find—“ Produce them,” called out Mr. Gladstone ; and then: “ I hope the right hon. gentleman will, for the sake of the public interest, produce these records.” To which Mr. Balfour answered that he doubted if records so confidential might be made public to the House. Then, returning to the main question, he defended his action in the matter of shadowing by the' necessities of the occasion. What was more, he declared that the Government had not initiated the matter : that the Land League had been the first to shadow; but they had done it for criminal purposes, the Government for the repression of crime. Mr. Gladstone followed Mr. Balfour, and once more insisted on the production of documents in support of his statements. Sir George Trevelyan also spoke, and drew elaborate distinctions between his former procedure and Mr. Labour's present method. Some Irish members also spoke, and, on the motion of Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, the House agreed to report progress, adjourning at 12.30. _

In the House of Lords, on Tuesday,

— m i s c e l l a n e o u s Lord Salisbury was asked a question by a f f a i r s . Lord Granville respecting the disaffection among a section of the Metropolitan Police.

His answer was confirmatory of the occurrences in the neighbourhood of Bow-street on Monday night. So far, he added, there was no reason to anticipate further disorder, but, should any occur, there was ample preparation for such an emergency. In the Commons private business occupied more than two hours. At question time Mr. W. H. Smith told Mr. Summers that the report of the military authorities as to the strategic value of Heligoland was a confidential document. But, he went on to say, the member for Preston, to whom it had been shown in confidence, had disclosed its contents in a letter written to a constituent. So, under the circumstances, he would consider whether the report should not be made public. The debate on the Irish Constabulary Vote was resumed by Mr. Shaw Lefevre, who of course was strong on the iniquity of shadowing, and he insisted on the contention that it was a new system introduced under Mr. Balfour’s rule. Mr. Dillon followed in a very long speech, in which he seems to have main

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